Aron Crowell's guest appearances

Aron Crowell

Alaska Native Writers and Alaska Native Themes

Connecting Alaska:  Anthropology and Archaeology

Phyllis Fast

Craig Mishler

Jane Harper

John Barrymore

Ray Hudson

Jenny Miller

Jon Davis

Craig Childs

Larry Merculieff

Karen Roth

Paul Ongtooguk

Jan Harper

Diane Benson

Alice Rearden

Ann Fienup-Riordan

OwlTail

This is Aron Crowell's presentation for the event Seals and Alaska Native Life. Aron Crowell is director of The Arctic Studies Center's Yakutat Seal Camp Project. Note, the podcast of the event is also posted in iTunes.The event, Seals and Alaska Native life also welcomes Esther Koezuna (Inupiat artist and skin sewer from King Island), Shaaxsaani (a Tlingit artist using traditional materials in contemporary ways), and Ilarion Larry Merculieff (author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan) discuss their work and relationship with seals.The event is sponsored by the Alaska Center for the Book and the UAA Campus Bookstore.

This is Aron Crowell's presentation for the event Seals and Alaska Native Life. Aron Crowell is director of The Arctic Studies Center's Yakutat Seal Camp Project. Note, the podcast of the event is also posted in iTunes. The event, Seals and Alaska Native life also welcomes Esther Koezuna (Inupiat artist and skin sewer from King Island), Shaaxsaani (a Tlingit artist using traditional materials in contemporary ways), and Ilarion Larry Merculieff (author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan) discuss their work and relationship with seals. The event is sponsored by the Alaska Center for the Book and the UAA Campus Bookstore.

Presentation slides  for Seals and Alaska Native Life by Aron Crowell

Esther Koezuna

Ilarion Larry Merculieff (author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan), Aron Crowell (The Arctic Studies Center's Yakutat Seal Camp Project). Esther Koezuna (Inupiat artist and skin sewer from King Island), and Shaaxsaani (a Tlingit artist using traditional materials in contemporary ways)  discuss their work and relationship with seals. (Note, Aron Crowell's presentation about Harbor seals is also posted in iTunes)This event is held in honor Agnes and Ted Mayac Sr.  and in celebration of Alaska Native/American Indian Heritage Month.  Agnes and Ted Mayac grew up in the now abandoned village of King Island, 90 miles northwest of Nome and 309 miles off the coast of the remote Seward Peninsula.    Agnes Mayac is a renowned skin sewer known for her beautiful slippers, and Ted Mayac Sr. is a highly acclaimed traditional ivory carver and artist.  Both are deeply involved in preserving their King Island heritage and are members of the King Island Traditional Dancers.The books on the table feature Wisdom Keeper and the recently published book, Up Here:  The North at the Center of the World--from the Anchorage Museum and edited by Julie Decker-- which includes the essay “Unmiksok” by Ted Mayac Sr. This event is sponsored by the Alaska Center for the Book and the UAA Campus Bookstore.

Ilarion Larry Merculieff (author of Wisdom Keeper: One Man's Journey to Honor the Untold History of the Unangan), Aron Crowell (The Arctic Studies Center's Yakutat Seal Camp Project). Esther Koezuna (Inupiat artist and skin sewer from King Island), and Shaaxsaani (a Tlingit artist using traditional materials in contemporary ways) discuss their work and relationship with seals. (Note, Aron Crowell's presentation about Harbor seals is also posted in iTunes) This event is held in honor Agnes and Ted Mayac Sr. and in celebration of Alaska Native/American Indian Heritage Month. Agnes and Ted Mayac grew up in the now abandoned village of King Island, 90 miles northwest of Nome and 309 miles off the coast of the remote Seward Peninsula. Agnes Mayac is a renowned skin sewer known for her beautiful slippers, and Ted Mayac Sr. is a highly acclaimed traditional ivory carver and artist. Both are deeply involved in preserving their King Island heritage and are members of the King Island Traditional Dancers. The books on the table feature Wisdom Keeper and the recently published book, Up Here: The North at the Center of the World--from the Anchorage Museum and edited by Julie Decker-- which includes the essay “Unmiksok” by Ted Mayac Sr. This event is sponsored by the Alaska Center for the Book and the UAA Campus Bookstore.

Seals and Alaska Native Life with Ilarion Larry Merculieff, Aron Crowell, Esther Koezuna, Shaaxsaani

Aron L. Crowell (Alaska Director, Arctic Studies Center/Smithsonian Institution) and students in the Yakutat Field School, UAA share new research in Eyak and Tlingit settlement history including a look at seal hunting at Yakutat since A.D. 1100  Challenges to understanding South East Alaskan Native cultures and the use of new field techniques is also highlighted.

Archeological Developments in Yakutat Bay, Alaska with Aron Crowell